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Expense Account for Suppressing Rebellious Negroes in Jamaica, September 29, 1705

Expense Account for Suppressing Rebellious Negroes in Jamaica, September 29, 1705

Manuscript expense account detailing the costs of suppressing a rebellion of enslaved people in Jamaica in 1705. The document lists individuals and the amounts they paid towards the military expenses, including Aaron Portello, Simon Pasco, and Joseph Desilva. Signed by Thomas Wood, General of the Island. This document is significant for its potential connection to early Jewish settlers in Jamaica and their involvement (however indirect) in the slave trade.

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Shipping Insurance Policy for the "Live Oak", Philadelphia to Kingston, Jamaica, 1761

Shipping Insurance Policy for the "Live Oak", Philadelphia to Kingston, Jamaica, 1761

Insurance policy document for the ship "Live Oak" sailing from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Kingston, Jamaica in 1761. The policy, dated June 6 and June 17, 1761, lists Abraham Judah as the insurer, and Benjamin Mifflin, Samuel Massey, and John Ashmead as the insureds. The cargo is not specified. This document is considered possibly the earliest extant American Jewish document where a Jew acted as the insurer.

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